Nervous top table page-turner in Major League Soccer as Orlando City have come the 1428 miles required to meet Montreal Impact at their Stade Saputo.
- Montreal Impact is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
Orlando City have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2300 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Montreal Impact form and stats
Montreal Impact have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the Major League Soccer. A decent catch, still with room for improvement. Montreal has recorded two wins in a row here at Stade Saputo, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.
Montreal Impact's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Atlanta United (placed 6th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The victory against Atlanta United came after Torres's winning goal. The Montreal Impact manager Nancy was very happy afterwards with the decision to bring on that player in the 46th minute. Miller, defender, was given a rating of 8.71/10 in that game, top of the team. Miller scored one goal, served one assist, hit one key pass and won 3 of 3 duels.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Philadelphia Union that finished 1-1.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Montreal handle that role? We have found eight games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, three draws and two defeats.
Montreal Impact have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stade Saputo with 5 goals in 3 league matches. 4 goals have been conceded.
Orlando City form and stats
2 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Orlando City playing as the away team in the Major League Soccer this season.
Orlando City are travelling after their nice 2-1 home win in the match against Charlotte (placed 11th). Ruan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.1. The defender Ruan scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 1 of 1 duels.
A 0-3 loss hosting New York RB before that.Orlando are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, three draws and three defeats. From a total of ten matches.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Philadelphia Union in just three days.
The Orlando City defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (1 goal in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
The sides have faced each other already this season, with the result Orlando City - Montreal Impact 2-0 written in the official records. Head to head numbers (for the preceeding ten meetings): Montreal won four games, one match ended with a tie and Orlando City managed five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six The games between these sides have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.Top Goalscorers
  D. Mihailovic 4 goals | R. Quioto Robinson 3 goals | J. Torres 2 goals |
Montreal Impact missing players
Orlando City missing players
| Montreal Impact | Orlando City | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | 5 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 18 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 75% | 90% |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 70% |
| 78% | 100% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 40% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 89% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 5.1 | 5.3 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 6.8 | 4.8 |
| 3.3 | 3 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.8 | 13.7 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 3.8 |
| 41% | 36% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 32% |
| 11.8 | 10 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.2 | 12 |
| 4.9 | 4.7 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
- All of Montreal Impact's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Montreal Impact have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Montreal Impact have the most conceded goals in the second half (11) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact have the most matches over the total-line (5) in Major League Soccer
- Montreal Impact haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Montreal Impact is in the best form (4-2-0) in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have not yet lost a game away.
- Orlando City have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Orlando City have the fewest conceded goals (1) away in Major League Soccer
- Orlando City have the most clean sheets (3) away in Major League Soccer
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | New York RB | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Union | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 3 | Orlando City | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 4 | Montreal Impact | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | -2 | 14 |
| 5 | Columbus Crew | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Atlanta United | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 7 | Toronto | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 8 | New York City | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 9 | Chicago Fire | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 10 |
| 10 | New England | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 10 |
| 11 | Charlotte | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | -4 | 10 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -6 | 10 |
| 13 | Inter Miami | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -9 | 10 |
| 14 | DC United | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 9 |
